I wrote 'Nuke Redmond'

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun May 7 12:54:19 2000

Well, you can't have it both ways. If you are one of the many who've
complained that "it won't let me ..." or "why does it demand multiple
confirmations when I just want to delete . . ." you certainly don't want a
system that has MORE checks than the current generation, do you?

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc_at_armigeron.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: I wrote 'Nuke Redmond'


> It was thus said that the Great Richard Erlacher once stated:
> >
> > > Like Allison's comments about user space kept away from OSes and this
> > > limits the blowups if a typical user make an miss is spot on.
> > >
> > I've never experienced this before, but I'm having difficulty parsing
this
> > sentence.
>
> Basically it means that as a user, if I try to delete the entire
> filesystem it won't work. I, as a user, don't have the priviledges to
> delete any old file---if I own them, yes, I can do what I please. But
> system wide files? Nope. Can't do. Need administrative privs to delete
> any arbitrary file.
>
> I'm of two minds on this---I can see having administrative accounts and
I
> can see not having them. It really depends upon how centralized you want
> your system(s) set up.
>
> > Nevertheless, I'd say the the UNIX and others of that
> > ilk were designed for use by and for nerds, from the standpoint that
> > producing software is useful work. That's only true if you're a
software
> > vendor. If you're in the business of selling tires, or of making them,
> > generating software is overhead that you'd like to avoid.
>
> There have been embeded systems based upon UNIX. I know that Taco Bell
> used to use SCO UNIX in each store to run the cash registers and manage
the
> money/inventory of the store. The SCO boxes at Taco Bell don't have
> development systems on them---there is no need as embedded systems.
>
> > Maybe Windows isn't for you. I use it because it's hard not to. I have
> > half a dozen LINUX versions none of which has been left installed for
more
> > than a day or two, and they wouldn't meet my needs. Likewise, I've not
> > gotten a comfortable feeling with SCO, UnixWare, etc. for the '386 and
up
> > types.
>
> Different users, different needs. Personally I've been able to use
Linux
> to save what otherwise would have been thrown-away PCs (one is even
running
> my personal website).
>
> -spc (One running on a diskless machine)
>
Received on Sun May 07 2000 - 12:54:19 BST